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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Helene, what is Maria's manner like when she sees her by the swimming pool at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) Upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Anxious.

2. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?
(a) He sells it.
(b) He runs it often.
(c) He seldom runs it.
(d) He destroys it.

3. Where was Maria born?
(a) San Jose, California.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) Austin, Texas.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

4. According to Carter, what two places does he like to eat alone and read the trades?
(a) Bel Air and Beverly Hills.
(b) Beverly Hills and Marmont.
(c) Marmont and Wilshire.
(d) Wilshire and Beverly Hills.

5. What time is it essential for Maria to embark on her new pastime?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

6. According to Helene, who killed BZ?
(a) Helene.
(b) Carter.
(c) BZ.
(d) Maria.

7. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Midnight snack.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Breakfast.

8. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing a ball to her.
(b) She is tossing water to her.
(c) She is blowing bubbles to her.
(d) She is picking dandelions for her.

9. Maria states that she may have been holding all the aces but ___________?
(a) Where would she go?
(b) Who was it for?
(c) What was the game?
(d) What if she lost?

10. According to Maria, what was "something no one in the city liked to be near"?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Success.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Trouble.

11. When BZ comes over, what does Maria ask him about Carter that he doesn't want to answer because he wants him to finish his picture?
(a) Who the woman he is sleeping with is.
(b) How much money he has spent on his mistress.
(c) If the woman he is sleeping with is the star of the picture.
(d) Where he flew with his mistress to.

12. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?
(a) Because she got a job there.
(b) Because the weather was nice.
(c) Because her father owned the town.
(d) Because they were running from the law.

13. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?
(a) Freddy.
(b) BZ.
(c) An agent.
(d) An actor.

14. What does Maria say to the baby after Carter warns her about the baby getting chilled?
(a) "Mommy will take care of it."
(b) "Your father loves you."
(c) "Mommy will be right back."
(d) "Your father wants to talk to you."

15. Maria's mother ran her car off the highway outside of what town?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Tacoma.
(c) Tonopah.
(d) Topeka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Maria keep in her makeup box that she is careful not to examine?

2. At BZ and Helene's, why does Maria focus on remembering brushing Kate's hair?

3. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?

4. Why does Freddy Chaikin say to Maria that he was surprised to hear that she wanted to work again?

5. When Maria lived in New York, what did she do?

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